Steaming tube for permanent waving



May 28, 1929. P. E. HERRMANN 4, 7

STEAMING TUBE FOR PERMANENT WAVING fil ed Feb. 9, 1928 I lNVEN'i'OR Paul I. H errmann Patented May 28, 1929.

r'rENr OFFICE.

IPAUL E. HERRMANN, or NEW YORK, n. Y.,'Assre1von T0 HERRMANN SUPPLY 00M- ]?ANY INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

' STEAMING TUBE FOR PERMANENT WAVIN'G.

I Application filed February 7 This invention relates to a steaming tube for use in conducting permanent waving operations. Y I

It is desirable from the viewpoint of cleanliness, convenience in packing, and general attractiveness, that the means used to moisten and protect the hair during the heating of a permanent waving operation be susceptible of packing in a flat form, and be sufficiently inexpensive to permit them to be discarded after use in performing relatively few operations. It is also afact that the chief curling effect in permanent waving is produced by securing athorough steaming of the hair, with a relatively great quantity of steam. If sufficient steam is provided, the use of chemicals tending to stiffen and otherwise injure the hair, is obviated, or the concentration of the solution containing them is greatly reduced. If steam in suificient quantity is provided, the

duration of theactual heating in a permanent provide an absorbent member for use in surrounding a coiled tress of hair in permanent waving, which is capable of absorbing a relatively great amount of moisture, and which comprises means for preventing escape of such moisture during the conduct of the operation. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a member of this nature which comprises wholly fire proof and relatively steam proof, means for surrounding and enclosing the moisture absorbent portion of the member.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a member of this nature, which is so constructed that it may be packed or stored in a fiatcondition, but which when rolled will maintain a tubular form without the use of any externally applied fastening means.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan view of the member constituting the steaming tube of the present invention, such member being shown in flat or extended condition; Figure II is a similar view of a modified form of steaming tube, which is designed particularly for use in curling the portion of a tress of hair lying closely adjacent the head of a subject; Figure III is a plan view showing a curling rod with a tress of hair wound thereon, and also showing the member at the beginning of the operation of windmg it around the curling rod andceiled tress; Figure IV is a similar v1ew,but shows the use tube is in turn rolledthereon.

lustrated in Figure V of the drawings.

Serial No. 253,024.

of the modified form of steaming tube illus trated in Figure II of the drawings, rather than the form shown in Figure I thereof;

Figure V is a plan view showing the tube completely rolled around the coiling rod and used in the outer portion of the steaming tube,

such view being on a greatly enlarged scale to illustrate the construction of the strand; and t Figure VII is a cross sectional view through the steaming tube, taken on a scale less than-that of Figure VI but greater than that of the remaining figures of the drawings, and illustrating a modification for rendering the steaming tube wholly steam proof.

In the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a strip, rectangular as shown, of flannel 0r otherabsorbent fabric. Secured to this strip, and overlapping same at 2, is a rectangular strip 3 of a relatively heavy asbestos fabric.

As shown in Figure III of the drawings, the steaming tube or member, which is indicated generally by the letter A, is used in conjunction with a curling rod 4 on which a lock or tress of hair 5 has been previously wound. The portion of the curling rod which carries the lock or tress 5, is surrounded by the portion 1 of the tube, such portion having been first thoroughly saturated with liquid. After all of the portion 1 has been rolled on the curling rod, the heavy outer portion 3 of the a The forma tion ofa complete tube in this manner is il This figure of the drawings also shoWsthe-use of a clip 6, which has been caused to engage the end of the tube adjacent the head of the subject, to grasp the hair and curling rod, and completely surround the end of the tube.

In conducting a permanent waving opera tion, an electric heater is then caused to surround the curling rod. Sufiicient heat is transmitted from this electric heater to thoroughly vaporize the moisture which has been absorbed by the absorbent fabric portion 1. of the tube ,The outer portion the coiledtress'portion 5.

hair 5 on the curling .rod 4-. It also serves to concentrate the effect of the steam on the coiled tress, and to provide a relatively great and continuous volume of such steam throughout the-continuance of theheating.

In order that the outer portion 3 of the tube, and consequently the tube as a whole .may

remain of itself in its rolled, or truly tubular position, this outer portion is formedof a special asbestos fabric, a magnified cross section of a strand of this fabric being shown in Figure VI of the drawings. As shown, it comprises one or more relatively light wires 7 of copper, or other suitable soft and flexiblemetal,.and a plurality of li ht asbestos cords 8. As the fabric of'the portion 3, as a whole, is woven from strands combining asbestos cords and a flexible metal, the material tends to preserve any form into which it is forced. \Vhen, therefore, the outer portion 8 is rolled to form an outer tubular covering, as shown in Figure V,'this'tubular form is maintained w'ithout'the use of any special, and externally applied, fastening 1means.

' The modified form of steamingtube shown in Figures II and IV of the drawings, com-' prises an outer portion 3, which is identical with the outer portion 3 shown in Figure I and III of the drawings.

The inner portion 1 is of an equal length with the-portion 1 of theprevious'ly described form, but of greatly decreased width. -As

shown in Figure IV of the drawings, a tress of hair "may be wound on a curl ng rod 4,

' so thatonly "the portion 5 adjacent the head of the subject is actually-wound on the curling rod, leaving the remaining portion '5 of the tress free. The narrower absorbent portion 1 of the modified steaming tube I3 is saturated with liquid, and .is rolled around The outer portion 3- of the tube is then rolled around the tress and rod to cover the tightly wound portion 5 of the tress,which is to be treated, and also to cover the free portion 5 of the-tress, which is loosely coiled on the curling rod at.

vVith the arrangement as described imme' diately above, only the tress portion which istojbe curled is subjectedto-a steamingefi'ect during the permanent waving operation, but the entiretress is protected from the effect of direct heat by the outer t'ubeportion 3. This modified form of'steam tube is of advantage shown in Figures 'II and IV. 'Theouter, or protectlve, portion 3 1s also identical with completely prevents the escape of steamduring the permanent waving operation. 'As it that shown in the preceding figures in so far as its shapeand position, and the internal is on the inner face of this outer or protective portion of the steaming'tube, it is protected from a direct heating eiiect produced by an electric heater. If, therefore, this coating is properly vulcanized to the face of the asbestos fabric, it will resist deterioration for a suflicient number of treatments to render its addition to the steaming tube practical.

The steaming tube of the invention, as described above, gives all'the advantages of a flannel wrapping, when used in conjunction with a tube having an asbestos dining of-relatively great thickness. It possesses in addi tion the advantage that a'number o-fthetubes may be packed in arelatively-small container for shipment or storage. The greatest advantage 'of the tubephowever, is that it gives asuflieient steaming ofithe hair, anda-n eflicient protection from heat, by means of an 1 article which is relatively so inexpensive that it 'may be discarded after being used for a few times. This steaming tube, therefore, does not become insanitary by the absorption of natural oils from the hair by many repetitions of its-use in conducting hair waving treatments. 7

lVhat I claim is:

1. A steaming tube for use in permanent waving comprising a strip of liquid absorbent material and a covering stripoffi-reproof fabric attached to the absorbent strip, said fireproof fabric having incorporated therein added material capable of maintaining the fabric in the form into which it is forced.

2. A steaming tube for use in permanent waving comprising a strip of liquid absorbent material, and a covering strip of fireproof fabric attached to the absorbent strip, said fireproolf fabric having wires of a relatively soft metal woven therewith.

'3. A steaming tube for use in permanent waving comprising a strip of liquid absorbent material, and a covering strip of fabric woven from strands comprising asbestos and a relatively softinetal attached to said absorbent strip. 5 I

4. A steaming "tu'befor use in permanent waving comprising a strip of liquid absorbent material, a covering strip of fireproof fabrichaving incorporated therein added material capable of maintaining the form into which it is forced attached to said ab sorbent strip, and a coating of material impervious to vapors on one face of said fireproof fabric.

5. A steaming tube for use in permanent Waving comprising a strip of liquid absorent material, a covering strip of fabric Woven from strands comprising asbestos and a relatively soft metal attached to said absorbent strip, and a coating of material impervious 10 to vapors on one face of said fireproof fabric.

6. A steaming tube for use in permanent 'WLVlIlg" comprising a strip of liquid absorbent material, a covering strip. of fireproof fabric attachedto the absorbent strip, said fireproof fabric having" Wires of a relatively 15 PAUL E. HERRMANN. 

